Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

Better Than You

38 chart weeks across 3 charts, peaking at No. 12
Chart Peak Weeks Bulleted Run
Billboard Hot 100 36 20 11 8/21/93 – 1/1/94
R&R CHR / Top 40 12 13 9 8/27/93 – 11/19/93
R&R Adult Contemporary 23 5 5 9/24/93 – 10/22/93

Billboard Hot 100

20 weeks, 8/21/93 to 1/1/94. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

R&R CHR / Top 40

13 weeks, 8/27/93 to 11/19/93. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

R&R Adult Contemporary

5 weeks, 9/24/93 to 10/22/93. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

Tallest is No. 1, and the height is scaled by how many places the chart ran to that week, so No. 30 on a top-30 is the floor and No. 30 on a top-50 is the middle. A green column is a bulleted week — on the airplay charts, airplay gained; on the Hot 100, among the week’s greatest airplay and sales gains — which is not the same as a rise, so a green column can sit lower than the one before it. Weeks at the peak carry their position in red. A run longer than the page scrolls sideways; no week is left out of the drawing.